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Our articles contain background information on valve technology, historical milestones and applications.
Last updated 28 April 2009

Section Index

Links to All Classified Indexes Another way to locate all indexes

Mullard Circuits for Audio Amplifiers Designs from Mullard's Valve application lab.

Valve Adverts An archive of historical valve adverts.

Valve Technology A practical series of artilces published in the Maplin Magazine in 1993

Additional Information Short Technical Features

Some Important British Valves Keith Thrower's selection of landmark developments

Manufacturers of Valves. Basic details of the main companies

References. Data Sources used in the Museum

 

Audio Amplifier Designs

High Quality Audio Amplification. A chapter from Mullard circuits for audio amplifiers

A 1 kW Audio Amplifier.

A Low Cost Valve Amplifier. A design from 1969 published in Practical Wireless

The Mullard 3-3 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard 5-10 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard 5-20 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard Stereophonic Pre-amplifier. The original design

 

General Articles

1934 - Frequency Changing From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard 2 Volt Battery Valves From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard AC Mains Valves From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard Universal Valves (AC/DC) From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

Basic Introduction to the Valve From a beginners series in 1966

Basic Technical Aspects of Valves How a valve works

The Beam Tetrode. Re-published from The BVWS Buletin Vol 33 No. 2.

The Dawn of Broadcasting in the UK The earliest history of Radio Broadcasting

Electron Multipliers An avalanche of electrons

The Evolution of Our Photographs See how digital photography compares to film

The First Airborne Radar. From a roomfull to a doorknob

The First All Valve Computer. The Colossus rebuild at Bletchley Park

The First Kurhaus Radio-Concerts. Part of the history of Dutch broadcasting

The History of the UK Valve An excellent book - a `must have'

How To Build a Two Valve Set A practical project from cigarette cards in 1929

How To Make a Valve Amplifier A practical project from cigarette cards in 1924

How To Make Your Own Wireless A practical project from cigarette cards in 1924

Marconi the Pioneer Brief account of the early spark gap experiments

Metal Coated Valves Taken from Popular Wireless November 14, 1931.

Metals used in Valve Manufacture Taken from Vacuum Tubes by K Spangenberg (1948) {1001}.

The Origin of the Valve. A few words from the inventor.

The Osram Miniature Valve Story. An extract from an Osram data book.

Osram Valves. The Early Days

Pioneer. A short biography of Sir John Ambrose Fleming.

The PL36 in Pictures. We dissect a television line output valve

Sealing of Glass to Other Materials. Taken from Vacuum Tubes by K Spangenberg (1948) {1001}.

Sinclair Launches Mini TV The 1983 small flat screen television

The Story of the Valve This makes a perfect introduction to the valve and its history

Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers Theory and practice of these high gain microwave amplifiers

Valves for Single Sideband Reducing ageing in balanced modulators

 

Valve Articles

An Acorn Valve Datasheet From a valve packed in 1936

A Classic Unmasked The inside of an EL37 output pentode

EE50 Operation A secondary emission pentode explained.

The EM34 in Pictures A range of implementations for this tuning indicator

The Famous EF50 Valve of WW2. How Television helped the seeing eye of RADAR

The French 'R' Valve. The origins of the famous R Type

The Making of the EF80. Mullard produced a boxed set of components and a film

Metal Striptease! We undress an American 6J5

The Metal Valve A contemporary account of the Catkin valve.

The New EL34 Audio Pentode. The original press release details

The Pentode. A 1933 article by Stanley Mullard.

The Round Valves. A brief history of Captain Round's valves.

The R4, R4A, R4B and R4C. A specialist WWI valve series for heterodyne receivers.

Valves and Their Habits. An article from 1965 on valve operating behaviour.

Return to Museum Main Hall
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Articles Main Index
 

Our articles contain background information on valve technology, historical milestones and applications.
Last updated 28 April 2009

Section Index

Links to All Classified Indexes Another way to locate all indexes

Mullard Circuits for Audio Amplifiers Designs from Mullard's Valve application lab.

Valve Adverts An archive of historical valve adverts.

Valve Technology A practical series of artilces published in the Maplin Magazine in 1993

Additional Information Short Technical Features

Some Important British Valves Keith Thrower's selection of landmark developments

Manufacturers of Valves. Basic details of the main companies

References. Data Sources used in the Museum

 

Audio Amplifier Designs

High Quality Audio Amplification. A chapter from Mullard circuits for audio amplifiers

A 1 kW Audio Amplifier.

A Low Cost Valve Amplifier. A design from 1969 published in Practical Wireless

The Mullard 3-3 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard 5-10 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard 5-20 Audio Amplifier. The original design

The Mullard Stereophonic Pre-amplifier. The original design

 

General Articles

1934 - Frequency Changing From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard 2 Volt Battery Valves From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard AC Mains Valves From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

1934 - Mullard Universal Valves (AC/DC) From the Mullard 1934-35 Valve catalogue

Basic Introduction to the Valve From a beginners series in 1966

Basic Technical Aspects of Valves How a valve works

The Beam Tetrode. Re-published from The BVWS Buletin Vol 33 No. 2.

The Dawn of Broadcasting in the UK The earliest history of Radio Broadcasting

Electron Multipliers An avalanche of electrons

The Evolution of Our Photographs See how digital photography compares to film

The First Airborne Radar. From a roomfull to a doorknob

The First All Valve Computer. The Colossus rebuild at Bletchley Park

The First Kurhaus Radio-Concerts. Part of the history of Dutch broadcasting

The History of the UK Valve An excellent book - a `must have'

How To Build a Two Valve Set A practical project from cigarette cards in 1929

How To Make a Valve Amplifier A practical project from cigarette cards in 1924

How To Make Your Own Wireless A practical project from cigarette cards in 1924

Marconi the Pioneer Brief account of the early spark gap experiments

Metal Coated Valves Taken from Popular Wireless November 14, 1931.

Metals used in Valve Manufacture Taken from Vacuum Tubes by K Spangenberg (1948) {1001}.

The Origin of the Valve. A few words from the inventor.

The Osram Miniature Valve Story. An extract from an Osram data book.

Osram Valves. The Early Days

Pioneer. A short biography of Sir John Ambrose Fleming.

The PL36 in Pictures. We dissect a television line output valve

Sealing of Glass to Other Materials. Taken from Vacuum Tubes by K Spangenberg (1948) {1001}.

Sinclair Launches Mini TV The 1983 small flat screen television

The Story of the Valve This makes a perfect introduction to the valve and its history

Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers Theory and practice of these high gain microwave amplifiers

Valves for Single Sideband Reducing ageing in balanced modulators

 

Valve Articles

An Acorn Valve Datasheet From a valve packed in 1936

A Classic Unmasked The inside of an EL37 output pentode

EE50 Operation A secondary emission pentode explained.

The EM34 in Pictures A range of implementations for this tuning indicator

The Famous EF50 Valve of WW2. How Television helped the seeing eye of RADAR

The French 'R' Valve. The origins of the famous R Type

The Making of the EF80. Mullard produced a boxed set of components and a film

Metal Striptease! We undress an American 6J5

The Metal Valve A contemporary account of the Catkin valve.

The New EL34 Audio Pentode. The original press release details

The Pentode. A 1933 article by Stanley Mullard.

The Round Valves. A brief history of Captain Round's valves.

The R4, R4A, R4B and R4C. A specialist WWI valve series for heterodyne receivers.

Valves and Their Habits. An article from 1965 on valve operating behaviour.

Return to Museum Main Hall